[Di25721]

If you are truly interested in this topic – more than just venting about some ‘ghetto’ people who recently moved in nearby.. Read Jay McLoeds ‘Ain’t No Makin It’ – Becasue frankly sweetheart the answer to that is not a simple one- but I will tell you this- If you were forced by some screw up in finances to more to a rental unit in ‘THE HOOD’ would you drop your middle class mentality and lifestyle? Would you start walking in front of traffic… would you start parking broken cars in your front yard. No you would hole on to your lifestlye and say this is me – this is what I know… If you grew up in the projects in some hood and then worked your way up to owning a home in a middle class neighborhood… Would you even THINK oh its that time of year to clean the gutters…. how do you know to do these things if you’ve never experienced them before. Not saying in any way people who move up from the ghettos are stupid- on the contrary if they get out they are doing something amazing- but you have to look at societies impact on their behavior as well as personal choices. As far as ‘minority’ youths walking in front of cars a sif challenging them. I can tell you from personal experience graduating from a class of 400 and being one of 8 black students- we used to ‘challenge’ people all the time. Becasue of this constant ‘double-conciousness'(DuBois) I am aware of who I am as a black person – but I am also aware of how white people see me.. and I understand that more times that not it is through the mind set of BLACK female.. not just female. So as far a s the cars- for me it was my own silent rebellion.. you may look down on me – you may think you’re better than me becasue of the color of your skin… but you WILL respect my life… and it was amusing becasue of how white people tend to be scared of black people because of how they see blacks portrayed in the media or becasue of ONE bad experience they had with a black person – they decide to label the entire race by those few examples instead of treating each black person as an individual. SO look up double-conciousness by DuBois and loof up Aint No Makin It by Jay McLoed!! Good luck in continuing your knowledge on people… and while your at it… look up a book on white culture.. yes there is such a thing and yes it very interesting when you learn something about why you may think the way you do.. learning about yourself may help you understand other people.. in fact I promise it will !!

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Name : Di25721, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 18, City : Lansing, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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